MLB Best Bets: A Pair of Picks for Diamondbacks-Nationals

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By Jennifer Piacenti It’s Corbin Day, and here at SI, that means we are going over. The Nationals will host the Diamondbacks tonight at National Park in D.C. Lefty Patrick Corbin gets the start today, and those who follow this column know that we always bet the over when Corbin starts. It cashes nearly every time, and we aren’t going to mess with what’s been working. Corbin’s ERA for this season is 4.92, but his xERA is 6.11, and tonight he faces a D-backs team that has scored the sixth-most runs per game this season (5.03). Arizona owns the ninth-best batting average vs. left-handed pitchers,…

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